A booklet made by Computer History Museum in 2009 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the creation of the integrated circuit
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'The Attic & the Parlor: A Workshop on Software Collection, Preservation & Access", held at Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA. (May 5, 2006) List of Participants: Moderator: Henry Lowood, Stanford University Lee Courtney, Member, CHM Software Collections Committee Margaret Hedstrom, Associate Professor, University of Michigan Sellam Ismail, Private Collector & CEO, Vintage Tech Paula Jabloner, Archivist, CHM Linda Johnson. Volunteer, CHM Al Kossow, Robert N. Miner...
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Source : 1 Tape of 1: 3/4 inch videotape Accession Number : 102651585 Rights : Copyrighted. Rights are owned by Computer History Museum. Copyright Holder has given Institution permission to provide access to the digitized work online. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owner. In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of gift or purchase agreements,...
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A decade before the web began taking the rest of us online, France was fully connected. By 1984, six million citizens were reading newspapers, sending emails, buying train tickets, paying taxes and engaging in scandalous chat on the Minitel system. That usage grew to over half of the country's population of 60 million by the early 1990s, most tapping away on home terminals offered for free by the French phone company. At its peak, there were over 25,000 sites to choose from and the system...
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Source : 3 Tapes of 3: 3/4 inch videotape Accession Number : 102651675 Rights : Copyrighted. Rights are owned by Computer History Museum. Copyright Holder has given Institution permission to provide access to the digitized work online. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owner. In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of gift or purchase agreements,...
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Source : 2 Tapes of 2: 3/4 inch videotape Accession Number : 102695192 Rights : Copyrighted. Rights are owned by Computer History Museum. Copyright Holder has given Institution permission to provide access to the digitized work online. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owner. In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of gift or purchase agreements,...
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Engineers and scientists are not the only ones interested in the potential of artificial intelligence. AI experts are joining leaders in education, medicine, public health, sustainability, housing, and other fields to address long-standing societal challenges. In collaboration with the Partnership on Artificial Intelligence, CHM Live presents a conversation with Facebook Director of AI Research Yann LeCun, Google Principal Scientist Greg Corrado, and Microsoft Technical Fellow and Director of...
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For Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, “the next billion” often conjures up visions of creating the next “unicorn” company, with a private valuation that tops $1 billion. Technology innovation and economic valuation often go hand in hand. But what about social impact? A growing number of innovators and entrepreneurs are focused on the next billion people who are digitally excluded, many of whom live in extreme poverty, globally and locally. How are entrepreneurs changing the lives of the...
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Social-coding site GitHub supports over 20 million users—including Google and NASA—who use the online platform to collaborate, build, and store software. Join us as GitHub CEO and cofounder Chris Wanstrath discusses the fascinating story of the company’s growth, the most amazing projects built on the platform, and his vision for the future of software. Wanstrath sits down with Fortune Senior Writer Michal Lev-Ram. Recorded January 17, 2017.
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Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper's career in computer science began in the 1940s. Her work with early computers, including the Harvard Mark I, led to ground-breaking and fundamental advances in computer science. Here, Hopper discusses her work with Howard Aiken and the Mark-I computer in a 1983 lecture at the Boston Computer Museum. Image: Photo by Carolyn Sweeny. Collection of the Computer History Museum, 102630706.
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In an age of sophisticated healthcare technologies and research tools, the doctors you see or hospitals you visit are only a small part of what determines your health. Through extensive research and data analysis, one doctor has found that your zip code may matter more to your well-being than your genetic code. Join us for a conversation about how data helped Dr. Anthony Iton identify this problem—and the role technology can play in solving it. This conversation was moderated by P2Health...
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Get a curated tour of CHM’s extensive media holdings. Hear early lectures and talks given by computing pioneers like Konrad Zuse and Harry Huskey and interviews with some of technology's most influential and creative people like Pixar cofounder Ed Catmull and Cisco cofounder Sandra Lerner. Discover something new From the Archives. Archived from iTunes at https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/from-the-archives/id1397551768. Items in this collection are restricted.
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Evelyn Berezin was born in the Bronx, New York, in 1925. She received her bachelor’s degree in physics in 1945 from NYU, followed by an Atomic Energy Commission fellowship for graduate study in 1946. In 1962 Evelyn Berezin built a reservations system for United Airlines, one of the largest computer systems built at the time. In 1969 she founded and served as CEO of Redactron, a new maker of word processors. In the second part of this two-part series, Berezin discusses the challenges of being...
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Ivan Sutherland is often referred to as the “Father of Computer Graphics.” His work at Harvard, MIT, the University of Utah, and DARPA aided the development of networking, graphics, virtual reality, and robotics technologies. In this 1996 lecture “Virtual Reality before It Had that Name,” Sutherland describes his time at Harvard and the initial steps toward early virtual reality systems.
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Square started in 2009 with a tiny, white card reader you could plug into your phone to accept payments from anyone, but hasn’t stopped there. After a $3.4 billion IPO in 2015, the company is now a cohesive commerce ecosystem that helps sellers start, run, and grow businesses. Square CEO Jack Dorsey shares why and how he started the company, his approach to innovation in financial services, and his vision for the future of commerce. Moderated by the Verge’s Senior Technology Editor Lauren...
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Hansen Hsu, curator for the Software History Center, explores the software development kit that almost wasn’t and the choices that enabled Apple’s App Store to spawn a worldwide app economy. This episode features clips from a number of public panels and oral histories, including original iPhone UIKit team manager Nitin Ganatra, radio software engineer Andy Gringion, and WebKit manager Richard Williamson.Image © Apple
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Mary Lou Jepsen has led Facebook’s virtual reality efforts, advised Google’s Sergey Brin, and invented $100 laptops. Now she is turning her consumer electronics experience to the task of curing disease. Join us as Mary Lou Jepsen discusses her Silicon Valley history, her company on the cutting edge of tech and medicine, and her vision for the future of body imaging and healthcare. She sits down with former Computer History Museum CEO John Hollar. Recorded May 4, 2017.
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What could your computer or phone do if it knew how you were feeling? Through a combination of psychology, technology, and cognitive science, Affectiva is bringing emotional intelligence to the digital world. Dr. Rana el Kaliouby, Affectiva CEO and cofounder, sits down with former Computer History Museum CEO John Hollar to share how the company’s technology was invented, the creative ways the software is being used, and her vision for the future of emotion-aware computing. Recorded on June 1,...
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Henry Tropp, a professor of mathematics at Humboldt State University, was one of the speakers at the first West Coast Computer Faire's Saturday night banquet in 1977. This episode captures part two of his talk, “The 1940s: The First Personal Computer Era,” focusing on the developments in the late 1940s in the UK and the US and the ties between computer designers, especially in software development.
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Richard Shoup (1943−2015) won an Emmy and a Technical Oscar for his foundational work in computer graphics and the development of the early graphics system, SuperPaint. The system created graphics for projects as diverse as NASA's Pioneer Venus program and children's television programs on San Francisco's KQED. This lecture by Shoup was recorded in January 2000.
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Danny Hillis, inventor and cofounder of Thinking Machines Corporation, designed the Connection Machine series of supercomputers. In this 1991 lecture, Hillis describes the development path for the Connection Machines and the design considerations for the Connection Machine 5 supercomputer. What’s that sound? The sounds of Hillis writing on a chalkboard as he shares his design concepts are captured as part of this recording. Image: Courtesy of Tamiko Thiel
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In his 2012 oral history, engineer and Atari cofounder Samuel F. “Ted” Dabney discusses his work with Nolan Bushnell and the early days of Atari, including the development of the arcade game Pong. Dabney passed away on May 26, 2018.Image: © Allan Alcorn
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Arnold Spielberg is renowned for his work on machines like the RCA BIZMAC and the GE-225 for General Electric. In one of the Museum's earliest oral histories, Gardner Hendrie interviews Spielberg about his work in real-time and point-of-sales systems. Image: © General ElectricCatalog Record: Oral History of Arnold Spielberg
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While tech companies and venture capitalists today are actively starting to support rising female stars, women entrepreneurs often are unheralded. In the past two years, the percentage of female founders raising Series A capital jumped from 10 percent to 14 percent in 2015, but they are still too rare. What can we learn from two successful entrepreneurs who have forged their own paths for innovation and impact? Venture capitalist and partner at Draper Fisher Jurvetson Heidi Roizen and...
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Artificial Intelligence could improve our ability to communicate, solve problems, and understand the world around us. How do designers, engineers, and technologists build systems that help us work with machines? As part of a series produced in collaboration with the Partnership on Artificial Intelligence, please join us for a conversation with Apple’s Tom Gruber, AAAI President Subbarao Kambhampati, and IBM Distinguished Research Scientist Francesca Rossi. The conversation was moderated by...
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Evelyn Berezin was born in the Bronx, New York, in 1925. She received her bachelor’s degree in physics in 1945 from New York University, followed by an Atomic Energy Commission fellowship for graduate study in 1946. In 1962 Berezin built a reservations system for United Airlines, one of the largest computer systems built at the time. In 1969 she founded and served as CEO of Redactron, a new maker of word processors. Part one of two focuses on Berezin’s education and early work.
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In the debut of From the Archives, we hear Computer History Museum Fellow Harry Huskey (1916-2017) in a rare 1976 recording discussing his work on early computers, including designing the Standards Western Automatic Computer (SWAC).
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Suzanne Ciani is a Grammy-nominated musician, composer, and sound designer whose career has spanned more than 40 years. Here, she discusses her work with the Buchla synthesizers, designing audio logos for various companies, and how she carved a place for herself in the early days of American electronic music.Image: © Suzanne Ciani
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Adam Grant is a New York Times bestselling author who writes about leadership, creativity, and success. In his book Originals, Grant addresses the challenge of improving the world, but from the perspective of becoming original: choosing to champion novel ideas and values that go against the grain, battle conformity, and buck outdated traditions. How can we originate new ideas, policies, and practices without risking it all? Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg moderates this thought-provoking...
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Computer programmer and Grolier Award–winning poet Grace Morton presents a talk and demo on computer poetry as a part of the Bits + Bites lectures at the Boston Computer Museum in 1983. Morton uses a TRS-80 computer to create poetry, both generative and interactive forms, with participation from the audience.
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Seymour Cray is often referred to as the “Father of Supercomputing.” In part one of his 1988 lecture “What's All This about Gallium Arsenide?,” Cray talks about the use of gallium arsenide in his Cray-3 and Cray-4 supercomputer designs and how the compound could change the course of computer design.Image: © Cray Computer Corporation. Collection of the Computer History Museum,102685990.
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Henry Tropp, a professor of mathematics at Humboldt State University, was a speaker at the first West Coast Computer Faire's Saturday night banquet in 1977. This episode captures part one of his talk, “The 1940s: The First Personal Computer Era,” covering the origins of digital computing through 1947 and the ways in which it paralleled the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s.Image: Digibarn
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Could the key to colonizing space be asteroids? Planetary Resources is developing technology that could enable humans to fly spacecraft to asteroids to procure valuable minerals and other resources that could allow us to go further into space than ever before. Join us as Planetary Resources CEO Chris Lewicki sits down with former Museum CEO John Hollar. Recorded on March 9, 2017.
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Your Facebook likes may have played a crucial role in Donald Trump’s victory and the UK’s vote to leave the European Union. Stanford University’s Dr. Michal Kosinski joins us to share how the study of personality and application of big data are affecting politics and fields you never expected. Moderated by David C. Brock, Director of the Museum’s Software History Center. Recorded on May 19, 2017.
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Tony Fadell was hired as a contractor to design the first iPod. It was an auspicious beginning—he would go on to lead the hardware development of the first iPhone. He then left Apple to start Nest, a company that designed a connected thermostat. Google bought Nest for $3.2 billion in 2014. In a conversation with Computer History Museum historian John Markoff, Tony Fadell explores how mobile and internet computing has changed the world in the past decade and what might happen in the next one....
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The CHM Live podcast brings the best of our events to your ears. We explore the ongoing transformation of computing and its impact on society with everyone from historians and authors to geneticists and military veterans. Hear guests like Tony Fadell, Jack Dorsey, and Sheryl Sandberg discuss historical and current issues in technology, entrepreneurship and innovation, software, and more. Archived from iTunes at https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/chm-live/id1394759669. Items in this collection...
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Seymour Cray is often referred to as the “Father of Supercomputing.” In part two of his 1988 lecture “What's All This about Gallium Arsenide?,” Cray continues his talk on the use of gallium arsenide in his Cray-3 and Cray-4 supercomputer designs and how the compound could change the course of computer design. Image: © Cray Computer Corporation. Collection of the Computer History Museum,102618665.
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Transcription of " The Apollo Guidance Computer, Part Two: David Scott " Recorded: June 10, 1982 This is a two-part talk that chronicles the design of the Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC), the custom-made space borne navigation system that first guided men to the Moon in July of 1969. Part I covers the design of the AGC and features Apollo Guidance Computer lead designer Eldon Hall. Part II tells the AGC story from the astronaut’s point of view, with Apollo 9 and 15 pilot commander...
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Thanks to its binge-purge hiring practices in the 80's and 90's, there were a lot of ex-Apple employees in Silicon Valley in the early 2000's. The Computer History Museum, along with Apple Lore, held a reunion event for Apple Employees at the CHM on September 13, 2003. This is the flyer/program for the event, including a list of attendees.
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